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I just finished The Negotiator by Avery Flynn yesterday (loved it!). So, I’m starting a new read today. I’m trying to decide between The Hot One by Lauren Blakely and Going Nowhere Fast by Kati Wilde. I’m leaning toward Kati Wilde’s book, but haven’t made up my mind yet.

Watching:

So many new shows and seasons of old shows started this past week.

Of course, I watched Doctor Who. I loved Bill – the Doctor’s new companion. I’m hopeful that this season will be better than the last one. I also watched Veep and the Leftovers on HBO. I am getting kind of bored with Veep. The Leftovers was good, but I’m a little in love with Justin Theroux and spent most of the episode watching him. I will have to re-watch for the plot, lol.

What I watched and loved the most was The White Princess on Starz. The show has several actors that I love – Michelle Fairley and Essie Davis. I hope that I love the rest of the season as much as I did the first episode.

Back this week is Pretty Little Liars for the final season. I love this show, it is a total guilty pleasure, but I’m also ready for it to be over. I also caught the new Bella Thorne show, Famous in Love. (The whole season is available on Hulu) I’m not sure if I’ll keep watching, but I might with the ability to binge the whole thing at once.

Writing:

I haven’t written anything new in forever. I have gone back to school to get my psychology degree and homework takes up most of my time (along with the kids, husband, and house stuff). However, I did start something new this week. I’m not sure exactly what it is going to be yet. I know that it is a paranormal romance featuring demons and angels. I can’t wait to see where the manuscript takes me. (Obviously I’m not a plotter!)

I used to do this monthly, but stopped when I stopped reviewing. I like the idea of seeing what other people read, so I decided to start doing the monthly round-up again. Here’s the list of what I read in March:

Since next Wednesday is Christmas and the one after that is New Year’s Day this is the last Whatcha Reading Wednesday of the year – and I’m not reading anything! I finished a book last night (ALL I’M ASKING FOR: A CONTEMPORARY CHRISTMAS ANTHOLOGY by Christi Barth, Brighton Walsh and Kat Latham) and don’t know if I’ll have time to start anything new till late tonight. Today is the last day before the kids are home for winter break that I can finish any last-minute Christmas shopping. Tomorrow is their winter parties at school and Friday is pajama/game day at school. I’ll be helping out at school both days and unable to get anything done at home. So today I plan to find the one last gift I need for my impossible to shop for brother-in-law, pick up a few presents for our dog and cat (can’t forget the animals!), and maybe something fantastic for myself as a treat for all the running around 🙂

First, the UNSTOPPABLE contest winner. I’m sorry that this is so late. We had a winter storm and the kids were out of school for several days. We spent the days playing in the snow, building a gingerbread house, baking, watching movies, and enjoying the time together. I will admit that I was sad when they had to go back to school this morning. Only 7 more days until winter break!!!

November was a slow reading month for me. I think this is going to become more and more common as I focus on my writing more. My reading time is one of the areas that suffers when I really focus on writing my own story 🙂

I’m reading NO GOOD DUKE GOES UNPUNISHED and have been since last week. I’m loving the book and hating that I have NO time to read. I’m not used to reading a book so slowly 🙂

I’ve finished 9 books this month which is very unusual for me. I’m hoping that I will pick back up starting next week, but I’m not sure that it will. I’m still working on my NaNoWriMo book (I passed 50k last week, but still need about 10k to finish the story) and will be doing EditPalooza in January. Plus, all of the holiday stuff tends to take away from my reading time too.

Has anyone else found themselves reading less lately? What are you reading this week?

I’m reading SLEIGH BELLS IN THE SNOW by Sarah Morgan. So far, I’m loving it. I only get to read in little bits these days so a book has to really catch my attention for me to keep reading and this book has me wishing I could read for longer.